86 325 auto
Up to date on all normal maintenance, just finished driving the car from SE Florida to SW Texas, ran like a champ!
Once in Texas, we had some cooler days, car started to have a little issue with starting, crank for 5 seconds, let it sit for 5 seconds and try again. Complete that cycle 3 or 4 times and the car would fire up and run normal. Drive around town to do errands car was fine, no prolonged cranks after being up to temp.
Drove the car on a work trip about 500 miles round trip, prolonged cranks, given the car only had to start twice, departing home and departing work.
Following morning, head out for errands. Extremely prolonged cranking, rest, cranking. Finally got it start up and it ran fine. Go to leave the store, car will not start, just cranks and cranks. Did not want to burn the starter up so after about 10 minutes of cycling the crank, rest, crank ordeal the car fires up and idles as normal. Drop her into drive and I am making my way through the parking lot the car dies. Cold dead, no sputtering, no bucking, straight dead like the key was pulled out. Stop the car, put it in park and try to re start, after about 30 seconds of fussing around it starts and we are on our way, sorta. Get about half a mile down the road at a light, same thing - dead stop, no bucking no sputter. Go to restart before the light changes, it wont even crank. I pull the key and try again, finally get it to start. I race it home and instead of shutting it down, I let it idle and open the hood to try to see if there is anything I can wiggle or move that will kill the car. I couldn't find anything. Car is idling away as it should. I turn the car off and restart, fires up right away. Following day, jump in the car and it just cranks and cranks. No start at all. What is going on?
Relays? Fuseable link?? Coil?
New plugs, wires, cap, rotor... Coil is not new though.
New fuel pumps (in tank and high pressure)
New fuel filter
I think its electrical, since when it does die its instant.
Up to date on all normal maintenance, just finished driving the car from SE Florida to SW Texas, ran like a champ!
Once in Texas, we had some cooler days, car started to have a little issue with starting, crank for 5 seconds, let it sit for 5 seconds and try again. Complete that cycle 3 or 4 times and the car would fire up and run normal. Drive around town to do errands car was fine, no prolonged cranks after being up to temp.
Drove the car on a work trip about 500 miles round trip, prolonged cranks, given the car only had to start twice, departing home and departing work.
Following morning, head out for errands. Extremely prolonged cranking, rest, cranking. Finally got it start up and it ran fine. Go to leave the store, car will not start, just cranks and cranks. Did not want to burn the starter up so after about 10 minutes of cycling the crank, rest, crank ordeal the car fires up and idles as normal. Drop her into drive and I am making my way through the parking lot the car dies. Cold dead, no sputtering, no bucking, straight dead like the key was pulled out. Stop the car, put it in park and try to re start, after about 30 seconds of fussing around it starts and we are on our way, sorta. Get about half a mile down the road at a light, same thing - dead stop, no bucking no sputter. Go to restart before the light changes, it wont even crank. I pull the key and try again, finally get it to start. I race it home and instead of shutting it down, I let it idle and open the hood to try to see if there is anything I can wiggle or move that will kill the car. I couldn't find anything. Car is idling away as it should. I turn the car off and restart, fires up right away. Following day, jump in the car and it just cranks and cranks. No start at all. What is going on?
Relays? Fuseable link?? Coil?
New plugs, wires, cap, rotor... Coil is not new though.
New fuel pumps (in tank and high pressure)
New fuel filter
I think its electrical, since when it does die its instant.
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